Curtain fixture



April 1 1924. 1,488,505

E. w. LARSEN ET AL CURTAIN FIXTURE Filed Nov. 10. '1921 Fig.

iimjflarst anh William Brewer.

Patented Apr. 1, 1924.

EARL w. LARSEN AND WILLIAM DREYER, or OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

Application filed November 10, 1921. Serial No. 514,132.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

' Be it known that we, EARL 1V. LARSEN and WILLIAM DREYER, citizens of the United States, residing at Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

-The present invention relates to curtain and shade holders, and more particularly to a fixture for supporting curtains and draperies.

An object of this invention is to provide a fixture of this character embodying features of construction which enables the economical manufacture of the device, and which may be easily and quickly installed and adjusted to windows and the like of various widths. 7

Another objectof the invention is to provide a curtain and drapery fixture formed from sheet metal blanks'so shaped that the tools and machines required for. the production of the parts may be of the general charactor of such tools and machines and involve such changes as are relatively inexpensive.

A further object of the invention is to provide a fixture of this character which may be permanently secured to a window casing, and which may subsequently be adjusted to suit minor changes in lengths of curtain rods, shade rollers, and the like without disturbing the permanently attached portion.

A still further object is to provide a curtain and drapery fixture which is adapted to so support a drapery at the top of the window that the drapery may completely cover and hide from view practically all parts of the fixtures and rods employed, and in such manner as not to interfere with the independent hanging and adjustments of the several rods and the shade roller when employed.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention will be more fully described hereinafter, and will be more particularly pointed out in the claim appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Fig. 1 is a erspective view of a curtain and drapery xture constructed according structure of Fig. 2.

to the present invention and attached to one side of a window casing, the dotted lines showing s'uspensionrods and a shade roller mounted thereon.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary enlarged top plan view of the drapery rod support of the fix-' ture, and I I Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view through one end of a curtain or drapery rod adapted for detachable connection with the Referringnow to the drawing, 10 designates one upper corner of a window casing to whlch the fixture is shown applied,and 11 designates an attaching plate which is adapted to be secured fiat against the face of the casing-1O by screws 12 or the like. The screws 12 are preferably countersunk in the outer face of the plate 11 to provide a smooth and uninterrupted surface to the attaching plate. V

Slidably disposed against the attaching plate 11 is a bracket arm 13 provided with a longitudinal slot 14 extending substantially throughout the length of the bracket arm 18 and through which extend a pair of spaced apart clamping screws 15 carried by the attaching plate 11 and adapted to be turned up for binding the bracket arm 18 thereagainst when adjusted. The screws 15 are spaced apart to hold the bracket arm 13 from turning about the screws, and the latter thus form guides as well as supports and clamping members.

The bracket arm 13 is preferably stamped from a strip of sheet metal and has one end bent outwardly at substantially right angles to the arm 13 to form a bracket: 16, and the bracket has a depending projection or arm 17 which is preferably off-set at its lower end inwardly from the bracket 16, and provided with an aperture 18 to receive the trunnion or pin of a shade roller 19.

The bracket 16 is also provided, at preferably its outer extremity with an upstanding finger or pin 20 adapted to engage through the slot 21 of a curtain rod 22 of the usual tubularmetal construction. The bracket 16 is also provided with a longitudinally concaved upper supporting edge 23 which extends inwardly from the finger 20 and is adapted to receive the end of a cuttain rod or the like thereover when such adjustment is desired.

For the purpose for supporting draperies and the like across the top and outer sides of I the window casing 10, a second bracket 24 is the bracket 16 with the bracket 24 extending substantially in the plane of the bracket arm 13. The bracket 24: not only extends laterally from the device, but also upwardly to approach the top of the window casin 10, and upon its upper end is provided with an outwardly extending spring holder 28. As best shown in Fig. 2, this springholder 28 is in the formof a U-shape spring secured at its middle portion by a screw or rivet 29 to the upper end of the bracket 2a, and the free ends of the spring are yieldingly and normally held apart. This spring holder is adapted to engage within the open end of .a curtain or drapery rod 30 of tubular construction, as shown in Fig. 3, and the opening or aperture 81 in the end of the'rod '30 is' of less diameter than the diameter. of the outer end of the spring member 28 so that the latter must be' contracted and placed under tension to enter the rod 30.

In use, a pair of these fixtures is used. The attaching plate 11 of each fixture is secured in approximate position upon the casing 10 and the bracket arms of the fixtures are then adjusted on the plates by manipulating the clamping screws 15. The shade roller 19 is adjusted in the depending arms 17. The curtain rod 22 is either fitted over the upstandingfingers 20 or placed upon the curved upper edges 23 of the brackets 16. The draperies are placed upon the rod 30 and the ends of the latter are forced over the spring holders 28 to the desired extent for holding the draperies across the top of the casing to cover practically all parts of the fixture as well as the shade roller 19 and the curtain rod 22 with the upper end of the from each other I by loosing the binding screw 15. r

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claim.

hat is claimed is:

In combination with'a window casing, an attaching plate carried permanently thereby, a bracket plate having a longitudinal slot therein adjusmbly placed against said attaching plate, a pair of spaced fastenings passing through said longitudinal slot at a relatively short distance apartcompared with the slot and taking into said attaching plate, said bracket plate having an arm projecting at substantially right angles out- Ward from the Window casing at one end of said attaching plate, said bracket arm having a dependinglug for receiving'a shade roller and the upper edge of said bracket arm being concave, said bracket arm further having an upstanding pin beyond the concave upper edge whereby to enter the opening in a curtain rod, and a second bracket arm having a substantially right angular flange turning outwardly' from its lower end and engaging against the outer side of said first named bracket arm, said flange being aflixed to said first bracket arm and the second' bracket lying in substantial alignment with said'bracket plate and being upwardly and outwardly curved therefrom, and a spring support carried by the upper higher end of said second bracket arm and comprising a U-shaped piece of spring material having its intermediate portion secured to said bracket arm and being'bent to provide par- 7 allel arms adapted to enter the socket of a drapery rod.

In testimony whereof, we have affixed our signatures in presence oftwo witnesses.

EARL W. LARSEN. WILLIAM DREYER. Witnesses:

ARTHUR H. Sruncns, HIRAM A. STURGES. 

